Monday 25 February 2013

WIP completed

Well, I don't know how this little set is going to be received by the soon-to-be parents it's meant for - not sure if they're pastel-colours-from-Mothercare-only-please people or open to something a little more...what's the word?...garish? - but I like it anyway. So much colour, so much pattern, so little work...

Tuesday 19 February 2013

The unanimous decisions were...

...that Fyberspates new Vivacious DK is a truly fabby yarn with great stitch definition and wonderful colours and texture. And that the chocolate cake was pretty good too!


Yeah, this was the  yarn tasting on Sunday - the first of a series, I'm hoping. There were loads of yarns available - mostly wool, with one or two surprises thrown in; I think I over-estimated how much knitting the average person can manage in a couple of hours.





Other popular opinions were that the Austermann Alpaca Silk is also very soft and lovely, and ranking high on the excellence scale are Debbie Bliss Rialto aran, Crystal Palace Kid Merino and the Adriafil New Zealand...

And for good measure, because no little scrap of wool need ever be wasted, I'm going to knit up a few of Ruth&Belinda's Heartsease Project bags with the remnants.

Wednesday 13 February 2013

Okay, well, I did finally finish one...

What do you think of this? A sample for the shop to show off the Kid Merino using one of the free patterns from www.straw.com. The lovely thing about this yarn (and the same's true of the Debbie Bliss Angel) is that you only need one or two balls to make something beautiful.

Friday 8 February 2013

Completed project!

Not mine, alas! I love it when customers take the time to show me what they've made with the wool they bought from Three Bags Full, and here we have a gorgeous baby blanket made by Charlotte for her lucky baby grandson. Isn't it lovely?


 
My own projects are getting out of hand again - in number, rather than behaviour. I can see I'm going to have to count and list them and then at least I can fool myself I've got a handle on the situation...